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Petition Underway to Allow Beer and Wine Sales in Smith County Precinct 4

Dave Goldman — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:20:32 +0000

A campaign is underway to gather enough signatures to put an alcohol proposition on the November ballot for the sale of beer and wine in Smith County Precinct 4. A pro-development group in Smith County began circulating petitions Friday. The committee must gather the required number of signatures by July 16 to have this issue [...]

Smith County Warrant Roundup to Take Place in Early March

Baby J — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:39:11 +0000

If you've been neglecting to pay court fines, fees, or take care of outstanding tickets, consider this your heads-up. Smith County is warning individuals to check and see if they have any warrants to avoid getting arrested during the warrant roundup that will take place in early March.

Smith County Participating in State Wide Warrant Round Up

Lucky Larry — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:03:44 +0000

Law enforcement agencies all across the Lone Star State will be participating in one of the biggest joint warrant round ups in the state scheduled for March 2nd. If you have an outstanding court costs or fines, authorities are giving you until March 1st to make arrangements on payments before a warrant sweep begins on [...]

Get Out And Make Your Vote Count, Find Your East Texas Polling Location Here

Lucky Larry — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:08:26 +0000

Tuesday, East Texans will be headed to the polls to vote to vote for their favorite candidate to hold the highest office in the world, the office of the President Of The United States of America. In addition to deciding who'll be holding this office, we'll also be deciding upon new representatives and voting on quite a few different propositions that could change the way our communities operate. So it is very important for registered voters to get out there and make their vote count.

Seven Things Learned At Early Voting Today

Jen Austin — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 19:22:30 +0000

Early voting started Monday in Texas and runs through next week. Have you voted yet, or are you waiting until November 6th? I voted earlier today and I thought I’d pass along some of the things either I learned for the first time, or that were reaffirmed to me. 1. Voting early does not mean [...]

Smith County Launches New 'SeeClickFix" App

Jeff Evans — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:15:54 +0000

Smith County Commissioners have announced that a new app is available for reporting non-emergency issues within the county. The app called SeeClickFix is available for iPhone and Android users. The app allows users to report non-emergency issues like potholes, downed trees, suspicious activity, illegal dumping and more! Once an issue is reported the user will [...]

Smith County Reissuing Some Mail In Ballots

Lucky Larry — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 18:03:42 +0000

After the organization "Buy Local First" gathered signatures for months to get the measure to allow the sale of beer and wine for off premises consumption in the City of Tyler and Smith County JP Precinct 2 to appear on the November 6th ballot, it passed and will be voted on in the coming election. However, there is a problem with printed mail-in ballots that have already been sent out to those requesting mail in ballots - the proposal is missing from the ballot.

Larry Smith Wins Smith County Sheriff's Race

Dave Goldman — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:18:38 +0000

Former ATF Agent Larry Smith defeated former Texas Parks and Wildlife Game Warden Chris Green to become the next sheriff of Smith County. Smith won Tuesday’s primary runoff elections by taking 53% of the vote to Greens 47 % Unofficial but final results showed Larry Smith with 13,501 votes to Chris Greens 12075 separating the [...]

Another Leg of Loop 49 in Smith County to Open This Week

Dave Goldman — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:20:28 +0000

Commuters in Whitehouse and Eastern Smith County will be able to travel on the latest section of Loop 49 Toll Road beginning Thursday afternoon. Segment 5 will open to traffic from State Highway 110 North of Whitehouse and will connect to the existing section of the Loop that goes to Highway 155 South. As part [...]

Petition to Sell Beer and Wine in Tyler Complete

Dave Goldman — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:12:21 +0000

A group petitioning the sale of beer and wine sales in Tyler and Smith County Precinct 2 delivered four boxes of signed petitions to City Hall Thursday. The group, “Buy Local First” collected at total of more than 16 thousand signatures which is more than enough to place it on the ballot come this November. [...]

Smith County Offering County Wide Bulky Item Cleanup

Jeff Evans — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:00:29 +0000

I’m a little embarrassed to admit this, but I look forward to this event every year. It seems like I always have some trash and bulky items laying around my garage or storage building that are too big to go out for the normal trash pick-up. That’s exactly what the annual Smith County Wide Cleanup event is all about. During this time, Smith County residents can bring trash and bulky items to the Greenwood Farms Landfill and dump it off for free!

Only In East Texas!

Lucky Larry — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:03:23 +0000

You know you see those things from time to time that make you say, “Only in East Texas?” I had one of those moments yesterday afternoon driving through Chandler on Highway 31. It was about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, and I was driving 55 mph (the speed limit!) and passed the Kidd Jones gas station on [...]